Bourbon like with some char. Vanilla and caramel are both there with a hint of rye spice. Predominant flavor is fake banana flavoring like in banana taffy and other confectioneries.

Finish:

Pretty long finish due to the unique flavor profile.

Overall:

Smooth and very drinkable, like candy. Not a challenging whiskey, but simply very enjoyable. If you like the banana flavor profile, you will love Jack Daniels, apparently I do, and this will be in my regular rotation. This is a love it or hate it kind of whiskey. I guess most of the 11 million cases per year of this JD wind up in Coke, but I think its fine neat or on the rocks. The 750ml price is a bit steep, but the 1.75 liter is more reasonable. It is hard to compare value as this there is nothing quite like it on the market. 80 proofer, mixes and plays well with others. Iconic American brand.

Lingering oak and spice, a little bite and burn in the back of your mouth

Overall:

Like so many people out there JD was my introduction to Whiskey. Personally, I like Jack, especially in the classic Jack and Coke. I wouldn't drink Old No 7 neat as there are better options to drink neat.

Current updates. 350ml 10019215sl: Huge wood acid and Ethernol. Neded Mellowing. Had some intensity. 350ml 10012162b: Too Mild and Flabby. No Off notes. Maybe JD should do a Higher Rye Mash Bill verson to take that flabby body out that happens to often.

Very strong ethanol on the nose when meeting the alcohol, a drink that you have to truly smell very gradually, in round, soft movements of the arms and glass. This is not a &quot;Hello!&quot; spirit, it will not tolerate a quick entrance. The traces of moss and damp wood came into the picture with patience, and a dab of the spirit dried on the skin revealed the same scent to a more peaceful extent. A &quot;floral&quot; scent was also present, surprisingly pretty for such a harsh alcohol.

Taste:

Not enough balance in the spirit to be a pleasurable sipping or tasting whiskey in my opinion, and the burning of the overriding alcohol fought with any possible tastings or notes. This still applied after substantial water added, and it was not until almost %50 water in my glass that I was able to enjoy a roundness to the drink that left me able to discern the taste of an old, mossy rocking chair turned into liquid. Very damp oak tastes, very mossy, very sour mash.

Finish:

In the throat, the alcohol was always too much to bear, and again was not tolerable or decipherable until almost %50 water in my glass. Again, very strong alcohol here. The finish in tastes is the same as above, but the finish leaves a burn and squint, begging for a soda or water to finish the process. Not a friendly whiskey at all.

Overall:

I personally find that other brands and variations are truly, but only slightly, easier and more interesting to drink. Jack Daniels seems very rooted in traditionalism (powerful alcohol, mossy oak flavors, bland experience), where as other brands seem to, by small amounts, remedy a few of the negatives, even in terms of smoothness. However, a recent test of Jack Daniel's Honey seems to prove that the new Honey variation has remedied many things I just did not enjoy about Black Label.

Smoke with charcoal..Vanilla...alcohol with some sort of chemical thing going on...The smoke and vanilla is good!The other stuff?...Not so much...

Overall:

[Overall impression of this bottling]

This is the epitome of bottom shelf whiskey at mid shelf prices.JD Old No.7 is to sour mash what Johnnie Walker Red Label is to blended scotch...

In otherwprds,it's more of a testament to marketing than actual quality.If this was'nt on sale I would not have purchased it.Jim Beam Black,at virtually the same price point,blows this swill out of the water...I know,Iknow...Jack Daniels is'nt Bourbon...

Moderately rich sweetness that is much more than pleasant, it is sophisticated in its character. There is a skosh of maple, a hint of vanilla, both colored by char and oak. Along mid-palate a mildly cleansing spice lights up with a spark that quickly becomes an ember.

Finish:

Moderately long, mildly spicy, lingeringly sweet. Well balanced.

Overall:

In my opinion, a first rate whiskey that is on the light side. It has wonderfully nuanced flavors and sweetness with no flaws to my palate.

A glycerine soft and refined taste, with mapley hints, lightly sweet, very natural-tasting

Finish:

Complex lingering notes of fruit, wood, cured corn.

Overall:

This is really good. I find Jack does vary. Some are heavy-handed with banana and earth. This one, while carrying the Jack banner, shines with its refined elegance. I know the next bottle won't be as good, that's how it is. But I'll keep buying it because I like all Jack anyway (I use it in blending sometimes) and every now and then hit a perfect mingling. Any bourbon fan would admire this, trust me.

Drinks sampled in different bars/restaurants locally on a trip to Nashville

Nose:

Caramel tones. sometimes earthy, but rarely the banana characteristic of recent years

Taste:

Generally full-bodied, good straight whiskey character, something tangy that is hard to describe, I thought of copper-metallic sometimes, which doesn't really make sense. Sometimes a little earthy/woody. (The samples did vary somewhat IMO).

Finish:

Quite long and brandy-like. Tasty.

Overall:

High marks. I wonder if Jack just tastes better on its home turf, or perhaps the palate is being tweaked to lessen the traditional (in recent years) banana-like top note. Or can it be Tennessee keeps the best of the batches? I will buy a bottle in Ontario and offer further notes soon. If the palate is improving, it should show up here. I incline to a theory of an improvement because I feel I detect this in the Single Barrel in recent years. But this was the first time in as many years that I tasted Old No. 7.

unripe bananas hiding behind tangy mesquite honey (not as good or bad as it sounds); something bitter-tangy-sour...not bad, but i guess that's what survives once it mingles with coke

Finish:

not sure if there was one...it's over right when you start looking for it...what remains is a dry, alcohol sourness...maybe wood

Overall:

well, i was in the mood to tackle it only because of my recent find of an old GJ bottle...most certainly didn't want to blow $20+ on a bottle. kinda paid more buying this pocket size flask bottle...anyways, worth it in reminding me what it is i really like about whiskey and what dynamics i appreciate. JD black doesn't really fit the bill 99% of the time....not sure i will experiment again with JD products unless free or on sale or there's no choice. i say UP this to at least 100 proof! and age it a few more years. then JD can justify the current price. too many other 80 proofers blow this away...Old Taylor, Benchmark, JB Rye, Dickel...

Nose is light. Leather, charcoal a bit of a medicinal impression from the alcohol.

Taste:

Smooth but somewhat ashy. So mild as to require significant effort to pull anything out of it.

Finish:

Again, quite light here but w/ a burn in the finish and a bit of fruity peach flavors.

Overall:

It's got a different sort of something than an inexpensive eighty proof bourbon but is about the same level of quality you'd expect out of a bottle costing maybe $12-15 and this is a bit more expensive. Mild on it's own but something about it makes it stick out in a cocktail, which is either good or bad depending on the cocktail.

Quite light, reminiscent of the current JD nose but lighter and with something "different"

Taste:

Round, deep and bourbon-like disclosing some of the banana-like notes evident in modern JD but in a softer, more integrated way. Some earthy/woody tastes too, again like the current JD, but better balanced. Quite sweet and rich with the 90 proof showing through nicely.

Finish:

Charcoal and wood gum notes.

Overall:

If I could get this today it would be a regular in my bar. JD Single Barrel is, but I found the JD 90 of 30 years ago better even than that benchmark. The best way to describe it is, it is like an excellent dryish modern bourbon (say, Blanton Original) mixed with JD Single Barrel of today, say 2:1. Come to think of it, time to start vatting up an imitation: don't know when that gem will come my way again. :)

Very rich in caramel and fruits - ripe banana's with some wood smoke and pepper spice.

Taste:

Sweet with caramel and vanilla with a little liquorice spice and laots of smokey wood. Still has the Jack Daniel alcohol burn in the throat.

Finish:

Fairly long and sweet with caramel and wood.

Overall:

This older bottle was different from more recent bottles. It lack the high fusel oil nose (clean fluid or lighter fluid smell) and looked to have more age. I can see why the brand became popular in the 60's with this quality of the product.

The first thing to hit the nose is the burnt wood, tinged with maple syrup. It is not unpleasant and melds well with the corn and vanilla sweetness. The rye tries to tease its way past the smokiness like an insistent child, but being ignored, gives up rather quickly. The nose is subtle but not multilayered.

Taste:

Corn sweetness and smoke delivered as the nose strongly suggested. Not a lot of complexity. Very little spice or character to my palate. The smoke is reminiscent of Scotch, but without the depth and complexity of Scotch.

Finish:

Fairly sweet and short finish with only a slight alcohol presence.

Overall:

My first taste of Jack Daniel's in quite a while. It is a smooth, decent, pour.... better than I remembered, but one which will not cause any blinking lights to go off in your sensory module.

I can see why people would like it, but might I suggest to JD fans, get yourself a bottle of Old Fitzgerald's 1849 (won't cost you as much as Jack) and do a side by side taste comparison. I won't say you will necessarily choose the 1849, but you will have had a richer, more complex taste experience in spite of yourself. If you use JD as a mixer, well then, you are playing a different game anyway. A game in which I am yet to participate.............but know better than to put down, since I haven't been there.